Week of Trinity 14 (6.ix.21) – Climate Change Sunday

22 ¹ Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb ² through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, producing its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. ³ Nothing accursed will be found there any more. But the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him; ⁴ they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. ⁵ And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign for ever and ever.

From Psalm 145: Refrain: My soul, give praise, give praise to the Lord.

Epistle: Colossians 1.15-20

Gospel: Mark 7.24-37

7 ²⁴ Jesus set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, ²⁵ but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. ²⁶ Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. ²⁷ He said to her, ‘Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.’ ²⁸ But she answered him, ‘Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.’ ²⁹ Then he said to her, ‘For saying that, you may go — the demon has left your daughter.’ ³⁰ So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

³¹ Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. ³² They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. ³³ He took him aside in private, away from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. ³⁴ Then looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, ‘Ephphatha’, that is, ‘Be opened.’ ³⁵ And immediately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. ³⁶ Then Jesus ordered them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. ³⁷ They were astounded beyond measure, saying, ‘He has done everything well; he even makes the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.’

Monday: Allan Gardiner, missionary, founder of the South American Mission Society; Colossians 1.24-2.3; Ps. 62.1-7; Luke 6.6-11; pray for Christians in South America;

Tuesday: Coloss. 2.6-15; Ps. 8; Luke 6.12-19;

Wednesday: Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Colossians 3.1-11; Ps.15; Luke 6.20-26;

10am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford;

2.00pm: Tarleton Mothers’ Union (Parish Room) Julie Rowlandson ‘The International Aid Trust’. Please enter by side-door if possible, to avoid the work in progress.

Thursday 9 September: 7pm: Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford;

Charles Fuge, Lowder, priest, 1880; Colossians 3.12-17; Ps. 149.1-5; Luke 6.27-38; pray for those working in challenging urban areas;

Friday: 1 Timothy 1.1-2,12-14; Ps. 16; Luke 6.39-42;

Saturday: 1 Timothy 1.15-17; Ps. 113; Luke 6.43-end; pray for Emily Oettinger as she is crowned as Rose Queen this afternoon; for all Blackburn LLMs renewing their licenses tonight;

Holy Trinity, Tarleton: 1.30 for 2pm (Ticket only) Crowning of Emily Oettinger as Rose Queen.

Sunday 12 September: Trinity+15:

8am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford

9.15am Eucharist: St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, then refreshments.

10.45am Eucharist: Holy Trinity, Tarleton, with Rose Queens and Retinues (feed to Facebook) then refreshments.

St Mary the Virgin, Rufford, open for private prayer every day